YOU ASK the questions

Stoo answers your burning questions

Mr. Jenzie: When you saw your character in Cannon Fodder die, what were your feelings?

Ouch! Should have worn me iron underpants today! [Laughs]. How dare you kill me off! It was really weird; you want them to do well because you identify with them. It was funny, if you were at a show, where the game was being played, back then nobody knew who you was, the internet wasn’t about. People wouldn’t know that you were from Sensible, and you did the graphics… couldn’t you have shot Jools instead? Sorry Jools!

DRS: What artists from outside the games business have influenced your art over the years?

I obviously like Giger, I did The Executioner which is very inspired by Alien. Chris Foss is good, I like his sci-fi stuff. I’ve got his book Space Wreck, my aunt bought that for me when I was 12 and that blew me away. Angus Mackie was another one. The guy who did all the covers for Psygnosis – Roger Dean, I love his stuff.

rory Milne: How much fun was Jon Hare to work with?

I love Jon, he’s a friend of mine, and he’s a lovely guy. Jon has got his ideas in his head and he knows what he wants. If you are doing something, and you don’t get it how he wants it, he’ll say, let’s try it this way and he won’t stop until he gets the image or the look that he wants. I’m happy to work like that, because I’m being paid to do a job. I never had any problems working with him, he’s great.

The laird: What was the Jaguar hardware like to work with?

I didn’t really do a lot on the Jaguar, but I knew enough to enjoy it. […] It was capable of so much. It’s just a shame it never got the love it deserved.